# Good Eateries in Calgary **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800 "2005-06-10T21:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/21 "2005-06-13T12:30:20Z")
lost in cyberspace, you mean Chianti’s. I don’t know how I could have forgotten it. That place has GREAT food, and a great atmosphere. YUM. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/22 "2005-06-13T13:33:23Z")
Mmm, Greek pizza with black olives and feta; guess what I want for supper now? 😃 I don’t think we’ve ever gone to Chianti’s, which is odd, considering that Jim loves pasta of any kind. I’ll add it to the list. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/23 "2005-06-13T14:13:01Z")
Don’t add it to the list. Make it FIRST. Mmmmm. I lived just a few blocks from there (17th ave, 11 Street) as a poor just out of school young’n, and ate dinner there many nights. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/24 "2005-06-13T16:16:44Z")
My favorite Calgary restaurant is **Teatro’s** which, although upscale, makes a fine, downhome pizza plus lots of other delicious fare. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/25 "2005-06-13T18:13:39Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Yes, but most important, how’s the _sauce_? I don’t understand why so many pizza joints use such bland sauce on such a tasty food like pizza. All that cheese and meat and stuff can support a real in-your-face (no pun intended) sauce. > > Okay, Oriental Phoenix on Barlow and 27th - that’s not too far away for us. We’ll have to try that next time we get a Chinese food craving. FeatherLou: I’m going to make a suggestion here, and don’t dismiss it out of hand. First, I’m a born and bred Chicagoan, with the attendant love of pizza. I love the deep-dish, the thin-crust, the whole panoply of 'Za. I too love the “skunky” sauce (I always call it “rich” sauce, and waiters “get” it). It comes from having tomato _paste_ as the base for the sauce, and not water. It makes for a slightly pricier pizza. Now, the suggestion. Order from Lou Malnati’s online (google…I can’t figure out the coding). Yes, it comes frozen like a brickbat, but it really does cook well. Make it hot, with the upraised edges slightly burnt, and I promise you will have a pizza the whole of Canada will envy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/26 "2005-06-13T19:38:24Z")
I can order pizza from another country? Even in this day of globalization, that still sounds…awesome. Okay, Chianti’s goes to the TOP of the list. Jim and his pasta jones will be happy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/27 "2005-06-13T19:43:40Z")
Pink Pearl is good Chinese, but the location can be an issue. On 4th street and about 14th or 15th is Peking Dragon. > [@](#): > > Peking Dragon. Rated #2 best far East Restaurant in Calgary. Far reaching menu of oriental dishes and western cuisine. Let me put it this way - I used to order from them when I was in high school, 20 years ago. They are still there and whenever I am in Calgary I go there at least once, if not more, to eat. Great ginger beef. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/28 "2005-06-13T19:46:09Z")
Drat - it looks like Lou Malnati only delivers within the U.S. I might have to do something drastic and learn to make my own pizza sauce. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/29 "2005-06-13T19:47:10Z")
I’ve eaten at Lou Malnati’s. I don’t think I prefer deep-dish to what we get in Calgary. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/30 "2005-06-13T19:48:21Z")
Is Tom’s House of Pizza still on Mcleod Trail? ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/31 "2005-06-13T19:53:23Z")
So far as I know…I’ve never had their pizza. No suggestions on pizza - but Mango Shiva in Penny Lane has an awesome Indian lunch buffet. Tamarine, (the old Legion on 8th Avenue) has decent Vietnamese, and is a little less crazy-busy than the Oriental Phoenixes. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/32 "2005-06-13T20:08:40Z")
You know who used to have the best Mexican pizza was a place called Big Al’s, way in the South somewhere. MAN was that stuff good. And they didn’t deliver to my place (at the time, I was on Edmonton Trail and 4 Ave NE), so it was a loooong drive to get it. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/33 "2005-06-13T20:13:17Z")
For sushi Was on centre street is my favorite, and it has really great service which can be a bit of a challenge at sushi restaraunts. I second **Ginger’s** vote for Chili Club - their lemon grass prawns are so good I occasionally dream about them. Blue Nile in Kensington is a great choice for Ethiopian food. Melrose is pretty medium in the food department, but on the weekends they have brunch that features a Bernard Callebaut chocolate fountain - trust me, it makes a regular cheese omelete really fantastic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/34 "2005-06-14T01:26:28Z")
Hey girl, haven’t seen you in awhile. Wanna go to Ikea when I’m home this summer? And then, Thai! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/35 "2005-06-14T13:39:27Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Is Tom’s House of Pizza still on Mcleod Trail? I don’t know about Macleod Trail, but I went to the one on Centre Street, and it was one of the worst pizzas I’ve ever had. Hey, **Ginger** , did you hear about all the food poisoning from Pete’s Drive-In this spring? ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/36 "2005-06-14T15:47:54Z")
Evil marshmallow milkshakes. Everybody knows the only proper flavour is chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/37 "2005-06-14T16:52:12Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > I don’t know about Macleod Trail, but I went to the one on Centre Street, and it was one of the worst pizzas I’ve ever had. > > Hey, **Ginger** , did you hear about all the food poisoning from Pete’s Drive-In this spring? Yep. Won’t stop me from eating there, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/38 "2005-06-14T17:39:57Z")
That’s right, you still have family around that will fill you in on the BIG stories. Hmm, chocolate marshmallow shakes. That’s just crazy enough to work. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/39 "2005-06-14T19:31:40Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > I’ve eaten at Lou Malnati’s. I don’t think I prefer deep-dish to what we get in Calgary. Ginger, I understand your relative dislike, provided you’ve only tried it a few times. At first, I didn’t like the masses of cheese, sauce and sausage…but then I said that sentence aloud, and realized that I was insane. I tried to find a 'Za place that would ship outside of the US, but I could not. I fancy myself a Pizza Proselytizer, and I can’t come through…I weep in frustration. One word…stay away from somethign named “Mexican Pizza”…I am suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800/40 "2005-06-14T19:34:53Z")
> [@Cemetery Savior](#): > > I tried to find a 'Za place that would ship outside of the US, but I could not. I fancy myself a Pizza Proselytizer, and I can’t come through…I weep in frustration. Wait! I believe that Amazon (of all places) will deliver Lou Malnati’s pizza to Canada! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eateries-in-calgary/307800.md?page=3)